Gascoyne bioregion
Bioregion in Western Australia
Gascoyne Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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The interim Australian bioregions, with Gascoyne in red | |||||||||||||||
Area | 180,752.57 km2 (69,789.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
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Gascoyne is an interim Australian bioregion located in Western Australia.[1] It has an area of 180,752.57 square kilometres (69,788.96 sq mi).[2] Together with Murchison bioregion to the south, it constitutes the Western Australian Mulga shrublands ecoregion, as assessed by the World Wildlife Fund.[3]
Subregions
It has three subregions named after localities or areas in the region:
- Ashburton GAS01 3,687,030 hectares (9,110,800 acres)
- Carnegie GAS02 4,718,656 hectares (11,660,050 acres)
- Augustus GAS03 9,669,571 hectares (23,894,030 acres)
Protected areas
Protected areas in the bioregion include:
- Barlee Range Nature Reserve
- Birriliburu Indigenous Protected Area
- Collier Range National Park
- Mount Augustus National Park
References
- ^ Environment Australia. "Revision of the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) and Development of Version 5.1 – Summary Report" (PDF). Department of the Environment and Water Resources, Australian Government. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
- ^ "Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA7) regions and codes". Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. Commonwealth of Australia. 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ "Western Australian Mulga shrublands". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.
Further reading
- Thackway, R and I D Cresswell (1995) An interim biogeographic regionalisation for Australia : a framework for setting priorities in the National Reserves System Cooperative Program Version 4.0 Canberra : Australian Nature Conservation Agency, Reserve Systems Unit. ISBN 0-642-21371-2
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- Arnhem Coast
- Arnhem Plateau
- Australian Alps
- Avon Wheatbelt
- Ben Lomond
- Brigalow Belt North
- Brigalow Belt South
- Broken Hill Complex
- Burt Plain
- Cape York Peninsula
- Carnarvon
- Central Arnhem
- Central Kimberley
- Central Mackay Coast
- Central Ranges
- Channel Country
- Cobar Peneplain
- Coolgardie
- Coral Sea
- Cumberland Plain
- Daly Basin
- Dampierland
- Darling Riverine Plains
- Darwin Coastal
- Davenport Murchison Ranges
- Desert Uplands
- Einasleigh Uplands
- Esperance Plains
- Eyre Yorke Block
- Finke
- Flinders Lofty Block
- Furneaux
- Gascoyne
- Gawler
- Geraldton Sandplains
- Gibson Desert
- Great Sandy Desert
- Great Victoria Desert
- Gulf Coastal
- Gulf Fall and Uplands
- Gulf Plains
- Hampton
- Indian Tropical Islands
- Jarrah Forest
- Kanmantoo
- King
- Little Sandy Desert
- MacDonnell Ranges
- Mallee
- Mitchell Grass Downs
- Mount Isa Inlier
- Mulga Lands
- Murchison
- Murray Darling Depression
- Nandewar
- Naracoorte Coastal Plain
- New England Tablelands
- Northern Kimberley
- New South Wales North Coast
- New South Wales South Western Slopes
- Nullarbor Plain
- Ord Victoria Plain
- Pacific Subtropical Islands
- Pine Creek
- Pilbara
- Riverina
- Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields
- South East Coastal Plain
- South East Corner
- South Eastern Highlands
- South Eastern Queensland
- Southern Volcanic Plain
- Stony Plains
- Sturt Plateau
- Subantarctic Islands
- Swan Coastal Plain
- Sydney Basin
- Tanami
- Tasmanian Central Highlands
- Tasmanian Northern Midlands
- Tasmanian Northern Slopes
- Tasmanian South East
- Tasmanian Southern Ranges
- Tasmanian West
- Tiwi Cobourg
- Victoria Bonaparte
- Victorian Midlands
- Warren
- Wet Tropics
- Yalgoo